Despite her CIA training, she is far more human-oriented than military-oriented, and she saw the deaths of the nine soldiers as unnecessary. It made sense that the families of the deceased didn't see it that way..

From a more military-oriented perspective, those SEAL team members had willingly put their lives in danger to protect America, and their sacrifice was something their loved ones took pride in amidst their grief.

If anything, they were offended that Elizabeth apologized for leading a successful mission. Yet she still wanted to use her Oval Office address to explain her decision.

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Russell: The President's job is to lead, not to explain or ask for support.Elizabeth: When you put it that way, you sound like the patriarchy telling me to do things the way they've always been done.

Blake treated Trevor like a policy problem at work, presenting him with economic reasons to move in together, then let his parents think he and Stevie were dating after the Trevor thing fell apart.

I expect better of Blake than that, and so did his boyfriend and his best friend.

But Blake made up for it by enjoying himself at the hearing. That Senate Intelligence Committee chairman was irritated that he had to hear all about Blake's dating drama. But he asked for it with his attempt to uncover a non-conspiracy, and Blake was happy to oblige.

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